I need to find similar text in two columns: e.g. cell a1 has The Art of War and there is another similar cell in another column that has Art of War HD

I have text (list of items) on Column A
I want to find the the same word/number of characters on Column C and to place the formula on Column B and I want the matching result. 
A1 the art of War 
I know that somewhere in column b there is a term similar (start with the same characters) The Art of War HD in Spanish
So I want  a match between these two columns so on the result on cell B1 it will give me "The Art of" (if I ask for 10 matching characters).
Thanks,

Hi,
Please try the following method:
Get the Column A and Column B the front 10 characters to Column C and Column D
Match the Column C and Column D
Formula:
C1: =LEFT(A1,10)
D1: =LEFT(B1,10)
E1: =IF(DELTA(C1,D1),"same","not same")
Regards,
George Zhao
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